Financial self-help associations among far West Nepalese labor migrants in Delhi, India

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-361

  Thieme, Susan ^a   Müller Böker, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INVESTMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; SELF HELP;

ASIA; DELHI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11944253074     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680401300303     Document Type: Article

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